EXP 3 - SUBMISSION

School for Design & Architecture


SKETCHUP




LUMION

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The entrance from the Square House draws comparison to traditional Japanese architecture which largely sparked contemporary movements in design toward sustainability and modular construction. 

The SE corner extrudes out past the column supports. The angularity of the plan produces a stark contrast to the curvy bridging. This is to make the architecture visually diverse and add an element of playfulness to nurture occupants experiences. In future, this may extend the building's life as there is reduced chance for replacement.

The bridge joins the upper level of the Square House where learning spaces (study rooms, common area) are located. This encourages co-mingling between design disciplines in the hope of future collaboration. 

The geomteries of the plan coincide directly to the surrounding features - built and natural - to create enclosing planes. Within this angular plan, there is a careful placement of fixed elements such as walls to make the structure easily re-arranged, renovated or deconstructed.

  

The formal teaching spaces are visually separated on the interior to the studio space but physically, they are only partially separated. This is to re-imagine the 'cafe' spaces that helped to glorify the Beuax-Arts pedagogy in Architecture and allow students quiet, seclusion to discuss whilst also symbolically removing division between creative and 'correct' student experiences. 

The north wall is clad entirely in adjustable louvres which work on the principles of passive solar shading and heating. The material is chosen as with exposure to the elements, it will improve with age. Modular construction will allow for ease of inevitable replacement. 

Individual work-space modules that make up the wall allow openness to the remaining space which is then more versatile and flexible to use.

The modules on the roof allow for natural lighting all day and are openable for ventilation. The contained spatial volume becomes very 'free', with openings on all sides.

The adaptive facade on the learning centre envelop uses simple, modular construction to facilitate passive solar shading whilst supplying a natural, fractal aesthetic, typical of sustainable design. The north facade is made up of glazed walls to supply natural light to office spaces, gallery, lecture theatre and student commons minimising need for artificial lighting. 

Office spaces are highly sustainable in design. They embody the notions of integrating spaces with through repetition in design in order to negate overuse of available space and are adaptive to change, with bolted together, lightweight walls. 

TEXTURES IN MODEL

This texture is placed on the underside of the pedestrian bridging between the teaching and learning centre. It highlights the contrasting rectilinear and curvilinear geomtetries converging to insinuate smooth motion between the functionally and physically separate spaces. 

This texture was used to represent grass on the green roof above the bridging and learning centre to draw attention to the materiality of the complex. All the structures and finishes are made from low embodied-carbon materials with limited use of concrete in particular. 

This texture was imposed onto the flooring of high-use circulation areas. It has multi-directional vector lines that suggest motion as well as a regular pattern that appears durable and does not draw focus from the rich, natural texture of the timber used extensively